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Hello and welcome to the “C-Spot!”. This is the online residence for Marvin Cummings aka marvC. Here you will find information on me, people I know, things I like to do, business I conduct, and all journeys I embark upon. Feel free to leave replies or comments to any of my blog entries. Hopefully you’ll enjoy your stay enough to want to keep coming back. Just remember that if you choose to do anything in life, do it “nu”.

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2010 Peachtree Road Race Changes – Start Wave Placement

Posted By marvC on March 21, 2010

atclogo 2010 Peachtree Road Race Changes   Start Wave PlacementStart Wave Placement is the new change for this years Peachtree Road Race. So what this means is that registrants will be seeded, or placed, based on finished times submitted from a USATF certified race. So for instance I ran the Silver Comet Race on March 13, 2010 and my finished time was 50:28. According to the chart my Start Wave would be Sub Seed A which appears to be any finised time between 49:59 and 53:58. Being that I've placed in the same area for the last couple of races I'm not sure how this is any different from the last seeding system. My best guess is that it'll switch some people around and move some newbies closer to the front. Either way it should make for an exciting race!

2010 Time Standards for Start Waves Chart

My Dash for the 2010 Peachtree!!!

Posted By marvC on March 21, 2010

 My Dash for the 2010 Peachtree!!!Exactly one hour after online registration began I was finally able to successfully register for this years event! I had a feeling the 45,000 slots would fill up quick so I was at the keyboard waiting for registration to open like a runner waiting for the gun to signal the start of the race. When it was all said an done I felt like I had been in a dash as the first 30 or so minutes were spent clicking and refreshing the page to get the registration form to appear. When this didn't happen I checked AJC and was informed of the issues reported by Active. Finally a break to rest my index finger. Break over and at around 1:50 I was able to pull up the form. From there it was a sprint to the finish line as I didn't want to waste any time. Form completed and registration confirmed! So I'm in BABY YEAH!!!

So my task for this years race is to beat last years time:

Chip Time: 50:29
Clock Time: 52:20

If the time results from this years Silver Comet 10k are an indicator of things to come then I should be ok as long as I get my diet in check.

Gun Time: 50:28
Chip Time: 50:12

Either way I'm in and it's gonna be FUN!!! 

My Call to Give

Posted By marvC on March 21, 2010

face a My Call to GiveSo while in church service a few Sunday's ago I sat behind a gentleman who introduced himself during the Welcoming session. After service ended the gentleman approached and asked if I was a member or visitor to the church. I explained to him that I was a new member and after welcoming me again he began to speak about the Outreach ministry that he supports. He goes on to explain the services provided by the ministry and extends an invitation should I care to participate. Basically the group meets every third Saturday of the month to provide food to members of the surrounding community. Preparations are done the Friday before and everyone's asked to be onsite Saturday morning before 9:30am to receive instruction and prayer prior to performing the task at hand. I see this as a two-fold opportunity to not only get involved with the church but to give back to "something". I don't live in the area so it's not "my" community I'm giving back to per say, but my spirit welcomes the requests so I go with it. (more…)

Highs & Lows of My 2010 Silver Comet 10k

Posted By marvC on March 21, 2010

 

10kSilverComet2010mastheadW Highs & Lows of My 2010 Silver Comet 10kThe high point to this years race was that I ran my best time of 50:28. This was almost two minutes faster than last years race where I ran 52:11.
The low point is that I was shooting for 48 or 49 minutes. I felt good going into the race and was coming off a decent week of training. What sucks is that I ran into the exact same problem in this years race that I did last year where I experienced a system crash after hitting mile five (5). At this point I'm averaging an 8 minute mile and hit the mile five (5) marker at 40 minutes. From here using every ounce of remaining energy it takes 10 minutes to make it to the finish line. I blame all of this on bad eating habits and a crappy diet. My next 10k is the Peachtree Road Race so I have until then to figure this out as I aim to make it to the 40 minute 10k club.

I Forgive…Please Forgive…

Posted By marvC on March 7, 2010

face a I Forgive...Please Forgive...Today I drank the Blood of Christ and for the first time did so with a heavy heart. I'll admit to having a lot of anger in my heart and for weeks have been trying unsuccessfully to process and remove it from my spirit. (more…)